Fatigue Crack Growth of Welded Joints for the Rail of Railroad

철도궤조(鐵道軌條)의 용접연결부(鎔接連結部)에 대한 피로균열성장(疲勞龜裂成長)

The welded joint of the rail of railroad had shown the complicated behaviour of fatigue crack growth due to the effect of low toughness, residual stress, welding stress and strain etc. resulting from welding. Also, the welding connection has been necessary as making longer the rail, thus fatique fracture has often occurred at welded joints. From above, in this paper, faigue test was done at base metal, gas pressure and thermit welded joints to give the basic data to construct S-N diagrams. From this, it was known that the base metal was better than welded joint and gas pressure better than thermit welded joints in the resistance against the behaviour of fatigue crack growth. And it was also found that it is very dangerous to control fracture only by the method of material mechanics.

철도궤조(軌條) 용접연결부(鎔接連結部)는 용접(鎔接)에 의한 저인성(低靭性), 잔류응력(殘溜應力), 용접변형등(鎔接變形等)의 효과로 피로균열성장거동(疲勞龜裂成長擧動)의 복잡성을 나타낸다. 또한 철도궤조(軌條)의 장대화(長大化)로 용접연결(鎔接連結)이 불가피하며 용접연결부(鎔接連結部)에서는 피로파괴(疲勞破壞)가 빈번히 발생(發生)하고 있다. 이에 본(本) 연구(硏究)는 소재부(素材部), 가스압접부(壓接部), 테르밋트용접부(鎔接部)에 대하여 피로실험(疲勞實驗)을 행(行)하여 S-N 선도작성(線圖作成)의 기본적인 자료를 제시코져 하였다. 그 결과(結果), 소재부(素材部)가 용접부(鎔接部)보다, 또 가스압접부(壓接部)가 테르밋트용접부(鎔接部)보다 피로균열성장(疲勞龜裂成長)에 대한 저항성(抵抗性)이 좋으며, 이와같은 용접부(鎔接部)와 고강도(高强度)의 궤조강(軌條鋼)은 종래의 재료역학적(材料力學的)인 방법(方法)만으로 파괴(破壞)를 제어하는 것은 매우 위험하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.